The San Lorenzo River levees are notorious for their beer cans, cigarette butts and remnants of leftover encampments. But with the election approaching and public safety issues on voters’ minds, the levees have Santa Cruz City Council candidates brainstorming about creative ways to remove these stigmas and shore up the bastion of natural beauty.
Posts Tagged: disc golf
Disc Golf Fest Comes to City Park
Anyone who wants to learn the mechanics of throwing a golf disc or maybe even meet a professional who does just that for a living might find Saturday to be their lucky day. The city has built a 9-hole disc golf course on the former site of the Occupy village in San Lorenzo Park and is throwing a party to introduce the sport.
A Day at De Laveaga Disc Golf Course
It’s Sunday afternoon, and Asa Maestas, a Soquel High School junior, is standing on a concrete tee at De Laveaga Disc Golf Course’s fourth hole teaching a novice—me—how to play. Maestas instructs me to throw “nip to nip,” demonstrating as he pulls his disc horizontally across his chest and extends it out toward our target, a metal basket that appears to be several light years away.
Letters to the Editor, April 4-10
One reader gets smart with the concept of 3-D printing. Meanwhile a disc golf expert takes issue with a previous comment regarding the possibility of a new Soquel course.
Letters to the Editor, Mar. 28-April 3
One thoughtful reader imagines an America where our wages go up—not just our gas prices and rent. Other ‘Weekly’ readers find new angles on a much-discussed cult film and on a heavily debated Soquel disc golf course.
Students’ Plan for Disc Golf Course Worries Soquel Neighbors
Fabiano Hale, a student at Soquel High School, has had a dream ever since founding his school’s disc golf club as a freshman four years ago. Hale and Spanish teacher Luke Dahlen, the club’s faculty adviser, say they used to gaze out at the rolling hills through the window of Dahlen’s classroom and imagine the possibilities for the county park neighboring the school.
Disc Golf Fans Work on Proposal for Soquel Course
Some people are worried about an idea for a disc golf course at Anna Jean Cummings Park, saying it would bring “flying projectiles” to a quiet mid-county park, according to petition that is currently making the rounds in Soquel. Supporters of the course counter that they are just looking for a place to play.
